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GEOGRAPHYWritten examination

Friday 11 November 2016 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of bookNumber of questions

Number of questions to be answered

Number of marks

8 8 80

• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpeners,rulers,colouredpencils,water-basedpensandmarkers.

• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.

• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.

Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof12pages.• Databook.• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.

Instructions• Writeyourstudent number inthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.

At the end of the examination• Youmaykeepthedatabook.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2016

STUDENT NUMBER

Letter

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InstructionsAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.Refertothedatabookasindicated.

Use Figure 1 on pages 2 and 3 of the data book when responding to Questions 1 and 2.

Question 1 (3marks)a. Tick()thecorrectbox. Achangeinlandusefromsaltpansin1980tourbanhousingin2016hasoccurredatwhich

location? 1mark

840850

833850

828827

840846

b. Usingmapevidence,suggesthowanaturalcharacteristicappearstohaverestrictedachangeinlanduseinmapgridsquare8383. 2marks

Question 2 (4marks)ThesatelliteimageinFigure1bisanexampleofspatialtechnology.

Describeonewayinwhichtheinformationfromspatialtechnology,suchassatelliteimaging,couldassistinmanaginglandusechange.

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Question 3 (8marks)Identifythelocationofyourselectedareaoffieldwork.

a. Statethelandusechangeinvestigatedatyourselectedareaoffieldwork. 1mark

b. Foryourselectedareaoffieldwork,outlineanaturalcharacteristicthathasinfluenced,orislikelytoinfluence,landusechange. 3marks

c. Identifyandassessoneimpactoflandusechangeatyourselectedareaoffieldworkonitssurroundingregion. 4marks

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Question 4–continued

Question 4 (15marks)a. Usingtheoutlinemapbelow,locateandnameaspecificlocationwhereeitherdeforestationor

desertificationhasoccurredorisoccurring.Usethecorrectconventionstocompletethemap. 3marks

Trop ic o f Capr icorn

Equator

Trop ic o f Cancer

0 2000 km

N

b. Foreachofthefollowing,describeoneimpactofyourselectedprocessatthespecificlocationmappedinpart a. 12marks

• Theenvironment

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• Economicactivity

• Socialconditions

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Question 5 (10marks)Usinganappropriatecriterion,evaluatetheeffectivenessofaglobalresponsetotheprocessofmeltingglaciersandmeltingicesheets.

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Use Figure 2 on pages 4 and 5 of the data book when responding to Question 6.

Question 6 (5marks)Describethechangesinthecrudebirthratesandcrudedeathratesbetween1986and2016.

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Question 7–continued

Question 7 (23marks)Nameacountrywitheitheragrowingpopulationoranageingpopulation.

a. Describethenatureofanissueandchallengefacedbythispopulation. 6marks

b. Outlinetheworldregionalcontextofthispopulationissueandchallenge. 5marks

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c. Explaintwostrategiesdevelopedwithinyournamedcountryinresponsetothispopulationissueandchallenge. 6marks

d. Comparetheeffectivenessofthetwostrategiesexplainedinpart c. 6marks

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Question 8 (12marks)a. Withreferencetospecificoriginsanddestinations,explainonereasonwhylargenumbersof

peoplehavemovedacrossinternationalboundariestonewdestinations. 6marks

b. Discussthesignificanceofthemovementoflargenumbersofpeopletopopulationchangeateithertheoriginorthedestinationofthemigrants. 6marks

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Extra space for responses

Clearly number all responses in this space.

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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteyouranswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.

GEOGRAPHYWritten examination

Friday 11 November 2016 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)

DATA BOOK

Instructions

A question and answer book is provided with this data book.Refer to the data in this book for each question as indicated in the question and answer book.The data contained in this book is drawn from current real-world case studies.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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Figure 1 Land use change

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82 83 84 85 86

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84

85

N

0 1000 m

Figure 1a: Topographic map extract, Tamarin, Mauritius, 1980

Legend

Source: Government of the United Kingdom, Directorate of Overseas Surveys for the Government of Mauritius, 1980–1990, Sheet 7 – Tamarin;

OS © Crown copyright 1980 CS-02583-G0B2Z3

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Figure 1b: Satellite image, Tamarin, Mauritius, 2016Source: © 2016 DigitalGlobe, TerraMetrics (imagery); SIO, NOAA,

US Navy, NGA, GEBCO (data); © 2016 Google (map data)

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Figure 2 World population change

Figure 2: Crude birth rates and crude death rates for 35 selected countries

100

10

20

crudedeath

rate

30

20 30

crude birth rate

40 50 60

1986

Legend

2016

two populationsat the same levels

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100

10

20

crudedeath

rate

30

20 30

crude birth rate

40 50 60

Source: US Census Bureau, International Programs, International Data Base